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[CITE: 38USC1560]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER 15--PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH OR FOR 
                                 SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER IV--ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND COAST GUARD MEDAL OF HONOR 
                                  ROLL
 
Sec. 1560. Medal of Honor Roll; persons eligible

    (a) There shall be in the Department of the Army, the Department of 
the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Department of 
Transportation, respectively, a roll designated as the ``Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll''.
    (b) Upon written application to the Secretary concerned, that 
Secretary shall enter and record on such roll the name of each surviving 
person who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United 
States and who has been awarded a medal of honor for distinguishing such 
person conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of such 
person's life above and beyond the call of duty while so serving.
    (c) Applications for entry on such roll shall be made in the form 
and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and shall 
indicate whether or not the applicant desires to receive the special 
pension provided by section 1562 of this title. Proper blanks and 
instructions shall be furnished by the Secretary concerned, without 
charge upon the request of any person claiming the benefits of this 
subchapter.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1139, Sec. 560; Pub. L. 87-138, 
Sec. 1, Aug. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 88-77, Sec. 5(1), July 25, 
1963, 77 Stat. 95; Pub. L. 88-651, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1078; Pub. L. 
89-311, Sec. 4, Oct. 31, 1965, 79 Stat. 1156; Pub. L. 91-24, Sec. 5, 
June 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 94-169, title I, Sec. 106(41), Dec. 
23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1019; renumbered Sec. 1560 and amended Pub. L. 102-
83, Secs. 4(b)(4)(A), 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 405, 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 560 of this 
title as this section.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(4)(A), substituted ``that 
Secretary'' for second reference to ``the Secretary''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``1562'' for 
``562''.
    1975--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-169 substituted ``such person'' for 
``himself'' and ``such person's'' for ``his''.
    1969--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-24 substituted ``Department of 
Transportation'' for ``Department of the Treasury''.
    1965--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-311 struck out requirement that 
prospective enrollees have attained the age of forty before being 
eligible for entry on the roll.
    1964--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-651 substituted ``forty years'' for 
``fifty years'' and ``beyond the call of duty while so serving'' for 
``beyond the call of duty--
        ``(1) while engaged in action against an enemy of the United 
    States;
        ``(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict 
    with an opposing foreign force; or
        ``(3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an 
    armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United 
    States is not a belligerent party.''
    1963--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-77 inserted references to Department 
of the Treasury and to Coast Guard.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 88-77 enlarged the authority to enter and 
record names on the Medal of Honor Roll, which was limited to persons 
who served in the active military, naval or air service of the United 
States in any war, and who distinguished themselves by gallantry or 
intrepidity in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, to permit 
entering and recording names of persons who served on active duty in the 
Armed Forces of the United States distinguish themselves by gallantry 
and intrepidity while engaged in action against an enemy of the United 
States, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an 
opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces 
engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which 
the United States is not a belligerent party.
    1961--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-138, Sec. 1(a), reduced the age 
requirement for entry on the Medal of Honor Roll from 65 to 50 years and 
struck out requirement that such person must have received an honorable 
discharge.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-138, Sec. 1(b), required applicants to 
indicate if they wished to receive the pension provided by section 562 
of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Section 106 of Pub. L. 94-169 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Jan. 1, 1976.


                    Effective Date of 1965 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 89-311 effective first day of second calendar 
month following Oct. 31, 1965, see section 9 of Pub. L. 89-311, set out 
as a note under section 1114 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1961 Amendment

    Section 4 of Pub. L. 87-138 provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this Act [amending this section and sections 561 and 562 [now 1561 and 
1562] of this title] shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 14, 
1961], except that the amendments made by subsection (b) of the first 
section [amending subsec. (c) of this section] and by section 2 
[amending section 561 [now 1561] of this title] shall not apply with 
respect to any application under section 560 [now 1560] of title 38, 
United States Code, made before such first day by any person who 
fulfilled the qualifications prescribed by subsection (b) of such 
section at the time such application was made.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1561, 1562 of this title.
